Purdue University Global is entering an exciting new phase in delivering student success, workforce alignment, and innovation at scale online. To meet this moment, Purdue Global seeks a visionary, collaborative, and execution-oriented leader to serve as its next Chief Academic Officer and Senior Vice President (CAO).
Reporting directly to the CEO and serving as second-in-command in a collaborative leadership team, this role offers a rare combination of enterprise-wide influence and operational leadership. The CAO will lead the academic enterprise of a large, complex online university serving tens of thousands of working adult learners across the country and around the world.
This is a role for a leader energized by building and evolving systems that deliver outcomes, not just access, at scale. The next CAO will help define what high-quality, workforce-aligned, technology-enabled education looks like for the modern adult learner.
At its core, this opportunity sits at the intersection of:
Scale and personalization – delivering individualized student success in a high-volume environment
Innovation and rigor – advancing AI-enabled learning while maintaining academic quality and accreditation standards
Strategy and execution – translating vision into measurable outcomes across a complex organization
For the right leader, this is a chance to shape not only an institution, but the future of online higher education.
